Nostalgia Critic - Top 11 Most Awkward Christopher Walken Moments

[@MWSin1]

I'm not even sure Walken was cast in some of these movies. I think he just wandered on set while they were shooting, and the director was just too stunned to call cut.

[@filmfangirls9163]

MWSin1 😂😂😂

[@TheBargainMan]

You're probably right?

[@nathaniellevesque2782]

I would listen to the 50 Shades of Grey audiobook if Walken was narrating it.

[@billfill4807]

Nathaniel Levesque kiuhgiuyt

[@its-morbintime]

So you mean the George Takei and Gilbert Gottfried ones weren't enough?

[@alalmalal]

Sshe- groaned in ecstasy aass- he

[@scottbuckley823]

+Nathaniel Levesque someone make this happen maybe a charity or something

[@satanslittleunicorn6536]

him or maybe just maybe Gikbert Godfrey

[@BeanShoes0817]

"This is not over BEARS!"

[@kuribayashi84]

Nicholas Cage and Christopher Walken in one Movie. Just... imagine!

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

Walken the Cage

[@Appalachia_haints]

You can Walken the Cage, but you can never Cage the Walken.

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

Purple Guy boom we have a tag line now write the movie

[@ChickenPika]

Purple Guy That was great and you should feel good about it.

[@gilomer1225]

kuribayashi84 Add John Travolta and you got yourself a next-gen Three Stooges.

[@Kambreeyah]

My favorite Walken line is from 'The Rundown'. A herd of cows is released into his camp and during all the commotion, the cameraman pans to him just to have him look straight into the scene and say 'That's alotta cows'. Gets me every time.

[@TheCeeverse]

There are three kinds of actors in this world. There are good actors, there are bad actors, and there's Christopher Walken.

[@billfill4807]

YamiTomoshibi my horse is a christopher walker actor.

[@alexanderdaviescastle8134]

YamiTomoshibi What about Nicholas Cage?

[@AlbinoLoki]

Alexander Davies Castle A sub category of Walken and the good actors. Like the hilarious demonic love-child!

[@alexanderdaviescastle8134]

TheGirlWithTheWolf667 Well, you just solved the Cage problem. And how many categories are now? The original comment didn't deserve so many likes huh?

[@joesatmoes]

+TheGirlWithTheWolf667 and Johnny Depp?

[@gordonjamescowiest]

I want to see a Christopher Walken month from Nostalgia Critic, it would be hilarious

[@LukeMM95]

Gordon Cowie The problem is, he's mostly a character actor who is best known for bit parts. Finding worthwhile films to review where Walken is the main star would be difficult.

[@gordonjamescowiest]

LukeMM95 well it doesn't need to be about his films just the stuff he has worked on be it films or TV shows.

[@jackhamilton9604]

Well he should include the country bears

[@JasminePaygeBrooke]

At the pizza place where I work, there's this big walk-in fridge where we'll keep the cheese, dough, sauce, and other things until they're needed. I went down there to get some paper plates from the back, and as I walk past, I glance at the fridge and there is a picture of Christopher Walken on it. There is also text. It reads, "Christopher Walk-in". I thought it was so funny in a kind of stupid way, but it's a pun, so it hits my weak spot.

[@its-morbintime]

"Its like he was saying the line and in the middle he just realised there were bears in the movie" Yeah well, considering his performance, the bears are invisible compared to his acting, so he does have a legit excuse.

[@rhettdilley]

Nice

[@ShotgunMcgee666]

Fun Fact: Christopher Walken accepts every acting role because he consders each one to be a learning experience. He only says no if he has too many roles lined up.

[@laerin7931]

If they ever make a movie out of Half-Life, Christopher Walken should play G-Man.

[@bradcowan8829]

Oh dear god yes I didn't know I needed this in my life until now

[@johnnymccraze]

"Way. Key. WAY. Key. Mis. Ter. Free. MAN." Instant box office success.

[@kykinson1173]

Rise... AND SHINE... Mister. FREEMAN. RISE. AND SHINE.

[@johnnymccraze]

Kykinson That's exactly it XD

[@lordrodrikforrester8703]

YES! GOD YES!

[@Behon]

Screw the not over BEARS line, the way Walken says oh no when he crushes that model makes me laugh even more.

[@nobunagaspectre]

"Whether you think he's a good actor or a bad actor" Darling, no one thinks he's a bad actor. He is bizarre, but he is also subtly brilliant. The Deer Hunter, Catch Me If You Can, Prophecy, The Dead Zone, each one taken on their own demonstrates his abilities as a dramatic actor in addition to his already considerable comedic cred.

[@OpenMawProductions]

Indeed.

[@Croyles]

He's bad in that he can never actually play a character, he always plays himself. It just so happens that 'himself' is so dramatic and weird that it doesn't matter. There are quite a few actors like this, the ones that stick with us and help make a movie better (even though technically they are not good actors) are the ones that have a very distinct personality. They don't need to be able to play other roles.

[@nobunagaspectre]

Have you ever seen the Deer Hunter? Or Sarah Plain and Tall? No trademark Walken wierdness there. Straight dramatic film acting. Only more recently has he become associated with comedy and is usually sought in films to play characters specifically written for him.

[@Croyles]

I actually haven't, I'll make sure to check them out. I can only speak of the Walken performances I've seen, and most of those he just plays Walken. I think the first film I remember seeing him in is True Romance. Again, doesn't take anything away from him imo.

[@jamiehartley4218]

@@nobunagaspectre also "A late quartet" and "Irreplaceable You". He was amazing in those, and heartbreaking

[@asafisher8288]

I was crying my eyes out at the its not over BEARS line

[@Lazyboy5298]

Walken: Alright, love you! Critic: Love you too, bye!

[@lzi9452]

no homo??

[@StarWarriorCentral]

Jelly donut!

[@iKillerZombie]

I've noticed that christopher walken has a lot of BIG LIPPED ALLIGATOR MOMENTS

[@TheNthMouse]

His appearance as Hook should get special mention. If only for the cowbell.

[@zekecasperanddeadpoolzgroovyst]

TheNthMouse (Ezekiel) Zeke Hamish Beckley: True! If only that was a actual Peter Pan movie instead of a stage show. That would be so frickin outrageous seeing someone so bizarre and odd like “Ronald” Christopher Walken as the evil Captain James Hook. And maybe some other awesome actors too to play as his villainous pirate crew like (Sam Leroy) Samuel L Jackson or maybe have the crew dressed with cowbells like he said.

[@ValkyrieDaisy95]

"Do you like the sound of crunching wood?....I do!" LOLZ xD

[@darwincity]

Why I am dreaming of a movie with Christopher Walken, William Shatner and Bill Nighy? THAT would be the summum of awkward acting...

[@mattmontada8539]

Don't forget tommy wiseau

[@jonlogi8]

Nic cage

[@811brian]

Jeff Goldblum

[@its-morbintime]

Brad Dourif

[@vbacs22]

darwincity Colin Farrell

[@killermooseflie]

lady gaga dresses the way Christopher Walken speaks.

[@mellennia9]

Gotili 😂

[@TheHealerIzAwesome]

Oh my god

[@thomasjenkins7506]

Christopher Walken has the unique skill of being both the funniest and scariest man alive at the exact same time.

[@legofan370]

"You're talking to my guy all wrong, that's the wrong tone, talk to him like that again and I'll stab you in the face with a soldering iron." Greatest insult ever.

[@purplbug]

It's like the people writing his parts of the script were writing for him, rather than the movie. They might have even changed the script after casting him for something.

[@juawannabarron6509]

God has That or Walken just adlibbed everything and the director was just "....ok."

[@TheHealerIzAwesome]

Not gonna lie, I'd write a movie JUST for Christopher Walken.

[@Protoman85]

Remember the Deer Hunter? Walken had clearly the best performance in that movie... He's strange but I think he can be a really good actor too.

[@kellatry]

In Joe Dirt, Walken's character was an ex-mobster from New York City who was put into the witness relocation program. I would assume the threat to the fire extinguisher was because of his old lifestyle. He wouldn't be able to threaten a person that way, so to relive a bit of the old days he practices a threat on an inanimate object in the hallway.

[@ryankmetz3740]

Christopher Walken doesn't have any Big Lipped Alligator Moments. Christopher Walken IS the Big Lipped Alligator Moment.

[@fuhkishoga5130]

Amen :)

[@billfill4807]

RyanKmetz if horses had nipple we all would be dead....

[@Cheesycat501]

bill fill A lot of horse talk with ya, huh?Ya wanna talk about it, bud?

[@samfilmkid]

"Here I am I'm naked. I'm Naked!"

[@LinkSeasonMaster]

First time I can remember seeing Walken was when I saw Blast from the Past in high school, though because we were watching the film in class to kill time until final exams, I wouldn't get to see the last half hour until a few years ago. The next time was November of last year, where I watched Communion in Riff Club, which we followed up with the Fatboy Slim video for "Weapon of Choice". Only then I realized that he was the same man who played the father of the male lead in Blast from the Past, which I had finally gotten around to finishing by that point. And after seeing this video later that same month, not only did I FINALLY figure out there are so many "More cowbell!" jokes in comments for videos that play "Don't Fear the Reaper", I began to realize why everyone makes such a big deal about him. From what I can gather (as well as what I've observed), he's extremely unpredictable in just about every regard save one: whatever he does, be it dancing, singing, reading, acting seriously, behaving in a silly manner, Christopher Walken always makes sure that he's enjoying himself nonstop. Even in Blast from the Past, which seems to be one of his least eccentric performances, you can't help but notice that Walken is having fun. He just seems like the kind of person who can find amusement in just about any circumstance and for whom boredom is a concept that does not apply. I have no doubt that he'll live a long life, but no matter how old he gets to be, it's clear to me that the life he's lived so far has been a happy one.

[@Jakmanuk99]

I want to see Christopher Walken read Fifty Shades of Grey

[@NefariousDreary]

That would be hilarious

[@zillafire101]

Fuck yes.

[@TheLastVoodooMan]

I burst out laughing jsut by the thought. MAKE IT HAPPEN WALKEN!

[@billfill4807]

i hate tmz

[@alexalcan]

YES!

[@controllerbrain]

The fact that he reads his lines all the time doesn't take away from his quirkiness, it adds to it.

[@TheFiresloth]

Time for a game of disappearing... BEARS !!!

[@SongbirdAlom]

yes!!!

[@nathaniellevesque2782]

There needs to be a movie made staring Christopher Walken and Nick Cage.

[@obiwankenobi9141]

Walken the Cage.

[@ColdHeartedMan1979]

Walken is one of the greatest characters to grace the big screen. Period.

[@TheManWhoCommandedTheNight]

Nostalgia Critic: Christopher Walken is the strangest actor to be put on screen. Tommy Wiseau: Wait till they get a load of me.

[@smashwolf4662]

If the FNAF movie sucks (And let's be honest, it probably will :/) I will shout in the theater: "This is not over. BEARS!!!"

[@smashwolf4662]

Why do you care, it's not like I'm embarrassing you

[@bonziandhissmilingfriends9609]

lol yah

[@bonziandhissmilingfriends9609]

I would probably say that as well and would do the pie thing as well

[@destroyernoah]

do it do it do it do it

[@filmfangirls9163]

Smashwolf Lp's I know it shouldn't be a comedy but I would love the film if they casted jacksepticeye as the security guard! "Screw you Freddy! Right in your bear ass!" I would love that so much.

[@loneronin6813]

I once saw a movie Walken was in called, "The Seven Psychopaths," and his role in it was surprisingly tragic and he played it really well. It was one of those very rare performances where he was genuinely serious and you could actually buy it with no comedic slant to it whatsoever. He played this mastermind-esque plotter who brought together a group of people who were all charged with killing someone if I remember correctly. I don't remember how exactly, but the guy who was the target ended up having a one-on-one conversation with Walken. He then tells the guy a story about an Amish farmer whose wife was killed in a hit-and-run auto accident. The Amish farmer tried to kill himself and failed, leaving a massive scar across his neck from where he had to have this throat basically sewed back together. Walken then takes off a scarf he was wearing and reveals that he was the Amish farmer whose wife was killed and the man that the Amish farmer was talking to directly was the one responsible for his wife's death. I don't remember much of the film at all, but I will always remember that singular performance by Christopher "The Man Himself" Walken.

[@chunchan6128]

the Walken impersonation sounds like Ray Romano

[@thedoctor9138]

The Brother scene was one of the most disturbing I've ever seen mainly because of the casual manner at which he goes about talking about wanting to commit vehicular suicide.

[@NY4Life]

You know there'll be even more Christopher Walken especially after the "Peter Pan Live" show.

[@desertpair2]

Good work, Rob and Doug. Very enjoyable.

[@Xandermorph]

LOL the off-hand "love you" they added to that first Walken call was a nice touch - that's certainly something anyone familiar with Walken could imagine him doing XD Personally I'd have made this a top 12 list and included (although I'm not sure exactly where in the list I'd put it) his role as the Exterminator character from Mouse Hunt. That movie is already funny all by itself but Walken's performance is like icing on the cake :D

[@epicrapfan73]

What about Mouse Hunt? "WHAT'S THAT?! HORSE?! FIENDISH!!! I WON'T EAT IT!!! AAAAH!!!" That is a really awkward Christopher Walken moment!

[@epicrapfan73]

"Try to think. Did you destroy Bear Hall?" "WHAT'S THAT?! HORSE?! FIENDISH!!! I WON'T EAT IT!!! AAAAH!!!"

[@LicoriceLain]

The recording he leaves at the end simultaneously made me teary-eyed and laugh my ass off.

[@HeyInternetErichere]

I swear Tim Burton just followed Walken around with a camera during his regular everyday activities and out them into Sleepy Hollow. It's just a coincidence that he seems like the Horseman.

[@grimmerMD]

I was hoping the scene from Mouse Hunt when he plays the exterminator, or the Simpsons where he reads Goodnight Moon would be on this list. Both those scenes are gold.

[@GTdba]

Can we have 10 Hours of Walken dancing? I never get enough!

[@christinekonicki8440]

I think we need to add Walken singing "I Wanna Be Like You" to this list. I died laughing in the theater!

[@spoonbendingspacemonkey]

Walken. Is. God. I actually paused this video to find Walken reading the Three Little Pigs! "Exit Pig 1! . . . Pig 2, same story!" Too good!

[@englishrose9809]

This vid is sooo goddam funny, had me howling but OMG the added dialogue at 8:02 - 8:08 - hey, baby... like .... we gonna do it ?... I totally lost it there - can't freakin' breath LOLOLOLOL!!!!! :-) :-) :-)

[@TheKrazeeLadee]

'Mango, I'm your night in shining armour and I love you~' I have no context to that so I'm picturing him singing a serenade to an actual freakin mango. Please keep me in that blissful ignorance if I'm wrong because that shit cracks me up!

[@MovieLover1995]

I'm surprised his role on Mouse Hunt as the exterminator wasn't on this list. Maybe that's because his character in that movie was really well put together.

[@reddoorpaintedblack]

That impression on the telephone was perfect.

[@mellennia9]

Marianne Leavitt 😂

[@obiwankenobi9141]

In the jungle book I wanted him playing king Louie to yell to Balloo “THIS IS NOT OVER... BEAR!”.

[@CrazyGamerDragon64]

"He's like an alien on holiday that relaxes on Earth and just decides to do whatever he wants." That would make an epic idea for a film for Christopher Walkin to do!

[@wormswithteeth]

I'm amazed he's never worked with David Lynch...

[@NormanMatchem]

10:40 I happened upon that music video on the tv when I was maybe 10-11. It impacted me for the rest of my life. That video PERSONIFIES cool, awesome, and who I want to be when I grow up. I hope Christopher Walken outlives me.

[@moviemaniac9034]

If he updated this list, I'll bet he'd add his performance in "Kangaroo Jack" and his singing in "The Jungle Book" (2016).

[@JonathanToolonie]

If Chuck Norris is the King of Awesome then Christopher Walken is the Supreme being of Cool and Awesomeness.

[@jrny20]

+JonathanToolonie I agree with you 100%.

[@cyanmanta]

Thing is, Chuck Norris isn't the king of awesome. He's actually a terrible, terrible person.

[@JonathanToolonie]

cyanmanta Shh, don't tel them that. (The kids shouldn't find out.)

[@guitarhero7219]

I actually think Christopher Walken and Christopher Lee (R.I.P.) are the true Rulers of Awesome.

[@mellennia9]

JonathanToolonie He's the Chuck Shurely of awesomeness.😂😍

[@nathaniellevesque2782]

I read that Walken is to play King Louie in the live action/CGI Jungle Book adaptation.

[@joyunicycle]

Nathaniel Levesque Still not crazy about a remake idea, but Christopher Walken as King Louie? Looking forward to that! Please be crazy in there, Chris! PLEASE!

[@vguyver2]

+joyunicycle sweet, he'll have a chance to go apeshit.

[@victorm152]

Him and Bill Murray were the best parts of the movie

[@zekecasperanddeadpoolzgroovyst]

Victor M (Ezekiel) Zeke Hamish Beckley: With that including Sir Ben Kingsley and Scarlett Ingrid Johansson you know.

[@chs9999]

He did and he sang the song it was amazing

[@isetmfriendsofire]

And now that NC has actually SEEN Country Bears, he likes it!

[@henrymockingbird9645]

He already seen it and he already reviewed it and he liked it

[@Billsthenamefirst]

15:12 "this is not over" *reads the script at the side* "bears"

[@nopancakemix570]

The fire extinguisher box works like a mirror, Critic. Like De Niro's 'You talkin to me?' Thing.

[@obiwankenobi9141]

Funny he did deer Hunter with De Niro.

[@richardblack6695]

His Oscar Acceptence speech was very awkward

[@pumpkinman4ever]

Christopher Walken vs. Tommy Wiseau!

[@Usernamesdontmatter1]

Christopher Walken would beat him with a soldering iron.

[@its-morbintime]

Its almost like they come from the same planet except out of the two, Walken had the better disguise.

[@ukhistorian]

Walken is more likeable.

[@FreeKentHovind]

YES! YES!

[@TailsFan369no2]

We have a death battle

[@joyunicycle]

This just made me wonder why Christopher Walken wasn't Tex Richman in the Muppets

[@jackhamilton9604]

He's already a muppet isn't he ?

[@VoidedMirror]

Christopher Walken is just trolling everyone and I love him for it.

[@jacobellison1763]

In Communion, Walken wasn't abducted, he just went home.

[@DiegoAlvarezBeltran1993.]

Oh and he can sing. Like...amazingly well. Which is a disturbing plus.

[@englishrose9809]

You seen his karaoke stint in 'Search and Destroy'? Come to think of it that entire film is f****ing AWESOME. :-)

[@nathanforester5993]

He can sing a hypnotic lullaby to me anytime.

[@englishrose9809]

I want him to stand under my window singing a love song and presenting me with a bunch o' red roses lol :-)

[@MK-dh2mi]

THIS IS NOT OVAH. ...BEAHS.

[@AshwynChappell]

All I could think of the whole time was 'seven psychopaths'.

[@jxter00]

"hey babeh...are we like...gonna do it?" that line along with Walken i was screaming laughing so perfect XD

[@Dave19812506]

can we get a christopher walken month???

[@corrinekoenig7631]

Am I the only one who was genuinely terrified of the bears in Country Bears? Seriously, they're so unsettling, it's like the poster child of Uncanny Valley.

[@PersianSlashuur]

What I think about Christopher Walken. *THIS GUY IS UNF***ING BELIEVABLE.* In a good way.

[@Parnasian]

I believe his SNL performances were supposed to be clumsy. And that's the humor about them, that's why we laugh so hard. And you can see that the other actors read the cards too in many moments. It's all very clumsy, therefore, so fun!

[@roshantheone2005]

I thought he was imitating Robert deNiro from taxi driver. Fire hose has a glass cover, which is like a mirror

[@kimmyfreak200]

Francis Babu yeah I had a flashback of " you talking to me"?? practice

[@obiwankenobi9141]

Doug: *Mentions Woody Allen* Me: If only we knew!

[@CrazyGamerDragon64]

I'll admit that before I saw this video I wasn't really into Christopher Walken that much (I didn't hate him I just wasn't a fan) but now I find him awkwardly hilarious & want to watch more of his stuff!1

[@PurpleMoonFlute]

10:50 This actually reminds me that Christopher Walken was actually a dancer

[@xgray2012]

"This isn't over yet, BEEAAARS!!!!"

[@jacklajoie9126]

what people don't know is that there weren't any special effects used during the fatboy slim video. Christopher Walken can actually fly.

[@kingofthegundam7974]

Maybe Christopher Walken just has a burning hatred for Fire Extinguishers in general.

[@128pm8]

really?

[@kingofthegundam7974]

YEEEEEESSSSSS

[@amorfm4071]

It is traditional that when an iconic actor/actress dies, they’ll play a clip from one of their movies in the montage at the oscars. When Christopher Walken passes, they need to play the clip of him crushing the model!

[@SuperKamiGuru-i3c]

Top 11 Most Awesome Christopher Walken Moments. There, I fixed the title for you.

[@animelover5076]

it was three in the morning, my brain was somewhere else lol

[@Atheneastro]

16:49 Ah, so this is the role that inspired Twinkle the Marvel Horse.

[@Duke00x]

11 was clearly a reference to taxi driver. It was clearly a reinterpretation of the mirror scene.

[@fattony9818]

I'm gonna do that to one of my friends now "hey-hey bruh. listen closely, you listening?".............................."jelly doughnut" lol

[@hunnykun101]

I think his most subtle and serious role he did as Max in Batman Returns.

[@RpGfreak901]

How come nobody talks about his role in Click or in 007: A View to a Kill?

[@Shauny-gw2dg]

Zorin was badass.

[@RpGfreak901]

Shauny7488 I know, right? He was the funniest Bond villain ever!

[@whovianhistorybuff]

Probably because this list only has 11 spots and maybe max zorin isn't as awkward as threatening a fire extinguisher with a soldering iron or saying that he wants a big bowl of pies right the fuck out of nowhere you couldn't possibly put all his weird moments one one list unless it was a top 50 or 100 so he had to do like indiana Jones and choose..... wisely

[@queenlover007]

I was about to bring Zorin up! How do you end the career of one of the corniest Bonds ever? By having Christopher Walken play the villain! I do think he played that role quite seriously, especially compared to most of the other actors.

[@Agnessa92]

"Mango..." omg I can't breathe XD

[@hobbit4571]

He forgot about his "it's just cornflakes" speech from Click

[@englishrose9809]

And his 'do you want some cornflakes' from At Close Range .......

[@juawannabarron6509]

That speech made so much so much sense though. It spoke to me on a deep level...

[@ellnats]

in the remake of the stepford wives, Christopher Walken turns out to be a robot, honestly that explains ALLOT

[@tripleb5197]

Anyone who's a fan of the video game "Half Life." Tell me he's not the perfect G-Man?

[@bonziandhissmilingfriends9609]

he needs to be g man

[@AntiqueAngel44]

I found some pictures of this guy as a child; cute kid actually, but back then he was known as "Ronnie Walken" so they changed his name for some reason.

[@128pm8]

because he's Christopher Walken

[@colinlebold7605]

I'm upset that he didn't add his character from Mouse Hunt. he ate mouse crap in it for gods sake!

[@thepinknightmare8747]

I have a shirt with a screenprinted Christopher Walken from the cowbell skit that says "I've got a fever and the only prescription is more cowbell!" I try and wear that bitch like once every 2 weeks, but I've had it for 15 years so I gotta use it sparingly.

[@Michae89]

He's just unbelievably creepy and scary most of the time. Great guy =)

[@Timbulathespidermonk]

Every single moment he's in "A View To A Kill".